What's new in Prinect Package Designer CR 57

3D Library Index of Parametric Templates Drafting Diemaking Cost Estimator Other new functionalities

3D

More features in the display of distance dimensions
You now have greater control over the display of dimensions for distances in 3D models. New controls let you choose whether you want to see:
  • The symbols of the chosen units of measurement — mm, in, cm, and so on.
  • Alternative units of measurement. These appear below the dimension line.
Additionally, you can now select multiple dimension lines in 3D models. You then can set properties for them that will apply to all the lines you have selected.
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Library Index of Parametric Templates

New templates
Five parametric templates have been added to the ECMA section of the Library of Packaging Templates, as follows:
  • ECMA A: A55.20.01.01; A55.20.01.04.35; A60.20.00.04.35
  • ECMA B: B20.01.82.53
  • ECMA E: E31.20.00.00.A
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Drafting

Choose between stay or exit a relation mode after setting a relation in component design
When setting manually relations while designing parametric components, you can tell Prinect to stay in the selected relation-setting mode after setting a relation or to exit the mode immediately.
Use alternative units of measurement for distances
For distances, you can now use alternative units of measurement, which you can view at dimensions line. For example, if your global preference for units of measurement is millimeters, you can choose inches as an alternative units. The two units appear at dimension lines simultaneously.
Choose to view measurement symbols at dimension lines
When displaying units of measurements at dimension lines, you can choose whether or not to see the measurement symbols — mm, in, cm, and so on. You can set this display globally for the program (the Show System Units check box) or locally per dimension line.
The Use Backgrounds command has been retired and broken down to two new commands
The Use Backgrounds command, which used to be on the Format menu and enforced the use of the background colors set for materials, has been retired and broken down to two new commands. Both are now part of the definition of colors. They share a group called Use Background Colors Set For. The two commands are:
  • Materials-based drawings (1up, layout, CAM). Drawings that carry their own material use their preset color.
  • Material Surfaces.
The check boxes play a role when you define the colors for backgrounds, including in presets. To use the colors specifically set for materials, make sure both check boxes are selected. To set your drafting colors, on the Tools menu, click Preferences, and then click the Drafting Colors section.
Greater control over Master Canvas 1ups
Two new functionalities now give you greater control over 1ups in the Master Canvas drawings:
  • Disperse ups adds space between 1ups that are too close to one another.
  • Line up 1ups puts all the 1ups in a straight horizontal line along the Ox.
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Diemaking

New offsets for stripping die offsets and front stripper heights
In the process of stripping die generation, new upper limits have been introduced for the heights of the front strippers and the offsets of the stripping die. The new limits are:
  • 500 mm for the heights of the upper and lower front strippers.
  • 250 mm for the offsets of (1) the cutting knife of the front stripping die and (2) the male and female stripping dies.
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Cost Estimator

Made-Changes warning in cost models UI
When you have made any changes to a cost model and accidentally press ESC, Prinect now displays a warning that the changes you have made will be lost if you proceed. This warning prevents accidental data losses.
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Other new functionalities

The global preferences property sheet now appears in a new design and name. New settings added.
The property sheet where you set your preferences for Prinect's default behavior in handling common tasks has been redesigned, renamed and expanded. New settings have been added such as (1) the catalog for materials on rolls, (2) the management of materials and processes, (3) the setting of drafting colors, (4) the management of parameter templates, and (5) the settings for CAM-related operations.
The property sheet, which used to be called Options, is now called Preferences. To access it, on the Tools menu, click Preferences or, alternatively, press CTRL + GO.
The Format menu is no longer available
The Format menu has been retired and is no longer part of Prinect's user interface. The commands that it used to hold are now part of the global preferences property sheet.
The commands for zooming and fitting of drawings are now grouped on the View menu and on context menus
On the View menu, a new submenu now holds the commands for positioning the drawing you are working on in the visual area. The submenu, called Zoom, now holds the commands for: The Zoom submenu is available also when you right-click in the graphical area, where it has replaced the earlier View group of commands. For details, see the next entry.
On context menus, the View group of commands is now called Zoom
Across the program, context menus that used to contain the View group of commands now offer the same set of commands of commands (see the previous entry) but under the group name Zoom.
Further access to switching between a drawing's front and rear side
A new command that switches between the front and the rear side of the active drawing has been added to the View menu. The command, Front Side, has the same effect as using the side-related context menu at the Front/Rear Side Marker. To improve user experience, this command has been removed from all the context menus that used to contain it.
Choose how to access shared settings and libraries during setup
When installing the program, the Installation Type wizard step, where you select the type of installation (local or in a network), has been redesigned to better guide you in your choice of how to access shared settings and libraries. A special case here is when your installation is part of a network. In this case, you can:
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